"Blue Dog Bill" Still Trailing In The Polls

Bill White, the Democratic Party's conservative candidate for governor, has been trying to inch closer to incumbent Rick Perry since the party conventions last summer, but it just doesn't seem to be happening.   He has maintained a 6 to 7 point deficit in nearly every poll that's been taken (including his own in-house polls).

A couple of days ago, Rasmussen released their latest poll on the Texas governor's race and things are still not getting any better for White.   They surveyed 500 Texas voters on October 21st and their poll has a margin of error of 4.5%   Here's how Rasmussen sees the race:

Rick Perry (R)...............51%
Bill White (D)...............43%
Other candidate...............2%
Not sure...............5%

That shows White with a deficit of 8 points now.   I normally would caution readers that Rasmussen sometimes has a couple of points bias toward Republicans, but another recently released poll has the margin even larger.   Rasmussen may actually be the more conservative estimate this time.

A new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll has also been released.   They surveyed 800 Texas voters between October 11th and 18th and had a margin of error of 3.47%.   This is how the UT/TT poll sees the race right now:

Rick Perry (R)...............50%
Bill White (D)...............40%
Kathie Glass (L)...............8%
Deb Shafto (G)...............2%

This poll shows White with a 10 point deficit.   If they are right, then he is losing ground instead of gaining.   The White campaign just doesn't seem to be able to get any traction.